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Cook Book Challenge 1: The Italian Cookery Course |
https://thehungrysparrow.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/cook-book-challenge-1
Cook Book Challenge 1: The Italian Cookery Course. Title: The Italian Cookery Course. Stats: hardback, 511 pages. Blurb the definitive guide to discovering and cooking Italy’s many gastronomic treasures. Cooked from it before? Yes but fewer than 5 times. Recipe: Ragu alla Bolognese. I picked this off the shelf because the first response I got from a friend on facebook was that I should cook Spag Bol and this seemed the most obvious choice from a number of contenders! For offal-phobes the liver is chopped...
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Cook Book Challenge 3: Nigella Express |
https://thehungrysparrow.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/cook-book-challenge-3-nigella-express
Cook Book Challenge 3: Nigella Express. Stats: paperback, pages 390. Blurb: The domestic goddess is back and this time it’s instant , Once you’ve seen what Nigella can do for you in 20 minutes, you’ll never want anything else . Cooked from it before? Yes, fewer than 5 times. With no kneading, and no proving time the mixing stage is very simple; everything in a bowl and stir. Yes but I’m still not sure anything else has caught my eye. Cook Book Challenge 2: Russian Polish and German Cooking. Address never...
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The 85 Cookbook Challenge |
https://thehungrysparrow.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/the-85-cook-book-challenge
The 85 Cookbook Challenge. I find them oddly comforting books and many have memories attached to them; we pick them up on holiday, people have give them as presents, some are impulse purchases, others longed for volumes. They range from the sublime, hello. To the ridiculous; I’m looking at you. Favourite WV Campervan Recipes. Shamefully some have been forgotten, never cooked from and the shelves are getting taken over with all kinds of other bits and pieces. Would you start alphabetically? I love this id...
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Malteser Brownies |
https://thehungrysparrow.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/malteaser-brownies
I’ve been a bit flustered recently with one thing and another and in those circumstances I need to keep myself busy, so I’ve been baking up a storm. This doesn’t always mean baking well, the bread I made on friday to calm myself down with some kneading collapsed totally after I let it rise too quickly. However, I like to think I redeemed myself with these brownies. 165g butter, plus extra for greasing. 200g dark chocolate, grated or finely chopped. 2 free-range egg yolks. 2 tsp vanilla extract. Melt the ...
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No-knead brioche buns |
https://thehungrysparrow.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/no-knead-brioche-buns
This recipe was an attempt to redeem myself after my collapsing bread disaster; with no kneading apparently required and a very slow overnight rise I thought I would give it a go. The idea came from my very cool copy of Ideas in Food. But is based on one from the BBC Good Food. 200g butter , very soft. 2 tbsp golden caster sugar. 3 eggs , plus 1 beaten for glazing the next day. 500g strong white bread flour. Add the flour, yeast and salt and pour on the milk. Stir the mixture to make a sticky dough (...
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Cook Book Challenge 2: Russian Polish and German Cooking |
https://thehungrysparrow.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/cook-book-challenge-2-russian-polish-and-german-cooking
Cook Book Challenge 2: Russian Polish and German Cooking. Title: Russian German and Polish Cooking. Author: various contributing editor Lesley Chamberlain. Stats: paperback, 256 pages. Blurb: The first full-colour, truly comprehensive collection of Eastern European recipes . Cooked from it before? I’ll be honest I’m not sure why I bought this book! The goulash was simple to cook, and didn’t require much attention or stirring etc; although I did fail to judge how much it would make and switched pans.
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The Hungry Sparrow is back! |
https://thehungrysparrow.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/the-hungry-sparrow-is-back
The Hungry Sparrow is back! Things have been quiet around here for a long time but it’s been a bit of a busy year, I’ve got a new job, got engaged, moved house and had to give up the allotment (because of the move) I’ve also started running again in a half-hearted way and have started a diet. I may have stopped blogging but definitely didn’t stop eating! Food wise the past few months have looked a bit like this. Campfire cooking in Suffolk. Smoked trout, asparagus and eggy bread cook on the campfire.
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Cochinita Pibil |
https://thehungrysparrow.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/cochinita-pibil
Cochinita Pibil is a recipe I’ve been wanting to try at home for a long time after trying it at Wahaca. And has been made possible by the haul of Mexican ingredients The Man and I brought back from New York. Some girls would have demanded a trip to Tiffany’s; I made sure we visited local stores and markets to pick up some hard to get items, luckily our luggage came in bang on the weight allowance flying home. I love her blog, her recipes have never let me down and always deliver on taste. 2 tablespoons a...
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Seasonal Supper |
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Every year we have too much of one thing or another from the allotment, and struggle to find new ways of using them up; courgettes for example. The Man and I have developed an extensive repertoire but could still do with some more inspiration. I guessed that other allotment holders must have the same issue. So I thought, what if there was a way to share recipes and ideas with other allotment holders? Well on the 24th of September we are going to find out! The Seasonal Supper will be born! The supper will...
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sausage, broad bean and potato casserole |
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Sausage, broad bean and potato casserole. The other day, after two very busy weeks The Man booked us a table at Caldesi in Campagna in Bray. Since buying. The Italian Cookery Course. The meal also inspired me to go back to the book and try some more recipes. I was keen to use something from the allotment so looked up broad beans in the index and found. Stufato di salsicce, fave e patate. A much more elegant way of saying; sausage, broad bean and potato casserole. At last, potatoes and broad beans. Notify...
